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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 50576

Examination of the inside of the kidney with a small scope passed through an opening made into the kidney during the same operation. Abnormal tissue is destroyed with heat or a narrowed area is cut open, and a tissue sample may be taken at the same time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$1,000 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $27,542Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,239professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in California than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$1,349

CA $3,388HI $575

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.